CA1293825C - Silicon grid as a reference and calibration standard in a particle beam lithography system - Google Patents

Silicon grid as a reference and calibration standard in a particle beam lithography system

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CA1293825C
CA1293825C CA000593630A CA593630A CA1293825C CA 1293825 C CA1293825 C CA 1293825C CA 000593630 A CA000593630 A CA 000593630A CA 593630 A CA593630 A CA 593630A CA 1293825 C CA1293825 C CA 1293825C
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grid
particle beam
stage
die
silicon
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French (fr)
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Lydia J. Young
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Etec Systems Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y10/00—Nanotechnology for information processing, storage or transmission, e.g. quantum computing or single electron logic
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/30—Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes for localised treatment of objects
    • H01J37/317—Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes for localised treatment of objects for changing properties of the objects or for applying thin layers thereon, e.g. for ion implantation
    • H01J37/3174—Particle-beam lithography, e.g. electron beam lithography
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y40/00—Manufacture or treatment of nanostructures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J37/00—Discharge tubes with provision for introducing objects or material to be exposed to the discharge, e.g. for the purpose of examination or processing thereof
    • H01J37/30—Electron-beam or ion-beam tubes for localised treatment of objects
    • H01J37/304—Controlling tubes by information coming from the objects or from the beam, e.g. correction signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/30—Electron or ion beam tubes for processing objects
    • H01J2237/304—Controlling tubes
    • H01J2237/30433—System calibration

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Analytical Chemistry (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Mathematical Physics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Electron Beam Exposure (AREA)
CA000593630A 1988-03-14 1989-03-14 Silicon grid as a reference and calibration standard in a particle beam lithography system Expired - Lifetime CA1293825C (en)

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US167,601 1988-03-14
US07/167,601 US4885472A (en) 1988-03-14 1988-03-14 Silicon grid as a reference and calibration standard in a particle beam lithography system

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CA1293825C true CA1293825C (en) 1991-12-31

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US (1) US4885472A (de)
EP (1) EP0333098B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2738558B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1293825C (de)
DE (1) DE68919247T2 (de)

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DE68919247T2 (de) 1995-03-16
EP0333098A2 (de) 1989-09-20
US4885472A (en) 1989-12-05
JP2738558B2 (ja) 1998-04-08
DE68919247D1 (de) 1994-12-15
EP0333098A3 (en) 1990-11-07
JPH0249341A (ja) 1990-02-19
EP0333098B1 (de) 1994-11-09

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